Professional Education

HomeAcademicsProfessional Education

Office of Professional Education header with Maryland flag in background
Lifelong learning for nurses.

The Office of Professional Education (OPE) works to advance the education, research, and practice of faculty and students and serves the School’s alumni and other health care professionals with lifelong learning opportunities. OPE also provides various event-planning services and customized nursing continuing professional development activities. We collaborate with our partners to design and produce nursing continuing professional development programs in virtual, hybrid, and/or in-person environments.

OPE is committed to providing meaningful, evidenced-based nursing continuing professional development to enhance professional nursing practice and interprofessional development.

OPE provides high quality and innovative educational programs, conferences, lectures, and workshops for nurses and other health care providers and leaders.

CE On-Demand

Woman sitting on a laptop

At the University of Maryland School of Nursing, you can complete your continuing nursing professional development online and on demand, removing barriers of time and distance.

Access our Learning Management System

Events and Learning Activities

audience members clapping and chatting

The University of Maryland School of Nursing partners with nurses in their lifelong journey of continuing nursing professional development by providing various evidence-based educational opportunities.

Take advantage of both online and in-person learning activities to enhance your professional development through the Office of Professional Education:

  • continuing nursing professional development programs for nurses, including symposia, conferences, institutes, and lectures
  • interprofessional education programs in collaboration with the University of Maryland schools of Medicine, Pharmacy, Social Work, and Graduate Studies
  • the Nurse Leadership Institute, a yearlong leadership development program.
  • online and on-demand continuing nursing professional development courses.

View Our Events

Services

Our Services written on wood block

The Office of Professional Education partners with you in developing virtual, hybrid, online, and in-person nursing continuing professional development programs. The office can customize event-planning services to your specific needs. Please contact the office to learn more.

  • Event registration/participant management
  • Abstract management
  • Nursing continuing professional development
  • Marketing
  • Catering
  • Venue management
  • Virtual space management/virtual host
  • Speaker liaison management
  • Event budget management
  • Online and on-demand learning programs
  • On-demand learning and conference recordings
Upcoming Events: See More

Meet Our Staff

Lynn Marie Elizabeth Bullock, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
Assistant Professor, PPEP
Director, Office of Professional Education
Sonia Smith, BS
Manager, Professional Development and Education
Sandra Angura, BS
Academic Services Coordinator
Savanah Babino, BS
Event Coordinator
Saleha Bharde, MSN, RN
Professional Development Support Specialist

 

Accredited Provider with Distinction from the American Nurses Credentialing Center

The University of Maryland School of Nursing is accredited with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.